Men: Abbot
Women: Abbess
Known as an abbot or translated as such.
In the Catholic religion they are called Monasteries.
monasteries
Monks were, and are, men who are devoted to religious life. They live in buildings called monasteries. So monks are people are monasteries are buildings, so in that way they are not alike at all.
He is an abbot or protos. You can also have an Archimandrite, who usually leads a group of monks or monasteries. An Abbot is the head of one monastery, as is also sometimes called by the Greek name of "Hegumen" or "Hegumenos." The other Greek title of "protos" means the first.
The male head of an abbey is typically called an "abbot." An abbot is responsible for the spiritual leadership and administration of the monastery. In some traditions, particularly in the Catholic Church, the abbot may also have authority over other monasteries within a certain area.
Henry VIII really closed up the monasteries because they were both rich and powerful institutions that were very loyal to the Popes. The Pope was seen as an opponent to Henry and by closing the monasteries, Henry was then viewed as the Head of the Church.
They are called the Paradores of Spain
Monasteries such as Durham became rich because of all of the land that it owns from renting and also from the schools that they pay to get taught. The monasteries weren't supposed to be this rich so Henry 5th shut down lots of monasteries and abbeys. This was called the dissolution of the monasteries
Houses in which nuns would stay and pray which would be lead by their abyss.
An abbot is the superior or head of an abbey or monastery, or a layman who received the abbey's revenues following the closing of monasteries.
he destroyed all of the monasteries and made himself head of the church instead of the pope.
Yes there are Catholic monasteries but there are also monasteries that belong to other denominations as well.